How Many People Are Named Marcelle?

3,094

people named Marcelle are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 110,466 people in the US has this name

Based on 5,921 babies named Marcelle in Social Security records from 1894 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#5,074

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#2,854

See the top 100

Peak Year

1920

183 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: French
Pronunciation: MAR-SEL
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

French feminine form of MARCELLUS.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

MarcellaMarcelaMarsailiMarcelletteZellaMarcellusMartzelMarcelCeelMarzellMarcellMarcelloMarceliMarcelinhoMarcelo

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
85.3%
Male
14.7%

Of the babies given the name Marcelle, 85.3% were girls and 14.7% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Marcelle fell from 100% in the 1900s to 70.4% in the 2010s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Marcelle alive today is about 52 years old, and 41% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 37 and 68 in 2025.

Under 30 549
17.7%
30 to 59 1,276
41.2%
60 and over 1,269
41%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Marcelle first appears in the records in 1894 and was given most often in 1920, to 183 babies. In 2025, 22 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1894 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Marcelle has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #533, in 1920. In 2025 it ranked #6,728.

Girls
Rank in 2025#6,728
Best rank#533 (1920)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#673 in the 1920s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Marcelle alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Marcelle were born in New York than in any other state: about 258 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Marcelle was given 10.9 times as often in New Hampshire, 4 times in Louisiana and 3.8 times in Massachusetts.

New York 258
California 223
Louisiana 71
Massachusetts 40
Texas 24
Florida 17
Georgia 14
Illinois 14
New Jersey 13
Pennsylvania 13
Ohio 11
Oregon 9
Michigan 9
Washington 5
New Hampshire 2
Arkansas 2

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